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Chapter I
"Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows. Blows!..." "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead. "The little man is affected, gauche, and servile. The big one picturesque and superior in a raw kind of way.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “"Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
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From this reading "The little man is affected, gauche, and servile.
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From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
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From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
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From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
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From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
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From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
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From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
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From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
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From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
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From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
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From this reading "The little man is affected, gauche, and servile.
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From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
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From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
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From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The little man is affected, gauche, and servile.
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From this reading The big one picturesque and superior in a raw kind of way.
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From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
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From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
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From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
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From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
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From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
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From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
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From this reading The big one picturesque and superior in a raw kind of way.
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From this reading The big one picturesque and superior in a raw kind of way.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The little man is affected, gauche, and servile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The big one picturesque and superior in a raw kind of way.
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From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
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From this reading The big one picturesque and superior in a raw kind of way.
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From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
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From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, what do you think of them, Molly?" said Sir Duke Lawless to his wife, his eyes resting with some amusement on a big man and a little one talking to Lord Hampstead.
